Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 23, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 202 POPULATION 29,919 ICH, CONN., mbiv, AUGUST 23, 1918 16 Pages—112 Columns PRICE TWO CENTS TOWN OF ALBERT HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH On No Sector of the Battle Front in France Have the Ger- mans Been Able to Hold Against the Vicious Attacks of the French and British. (By The Associated Press.) railroad town of Bapaume seems to The German battle line in France|be the immediate objective. Particu- still is crumbling under the impetus heavy fighting occurred at of the attacks of the French and|Achiet-le-Grand, but although the town changed hands numerous times, the vantage belonged to the British at last aecounts. Further important penetrations of the enemy line -kad 1occurred and the British were oper- ating well to the east of the Bapaume- Arras railway. Under the further progress of the Trench armies from the vicinity of Lassigny to Soissons a mighty wedge British. From the region of Soissons around the curve in the front to the vicinity of Lassigny the enemy has been vis ited with further heavy defeats, while farther north, between the Somme river at Bray to the south of Arras, Field Mars Haig's men have com- tinued their victorious thrusts. 1 Cabled Paragraphs London 'Bus Strike Endsy London, Aug. nitus employes who have Leen strike since August 17 to return to work Iriday morning, Soldiers of Russian Garrison Mutiny. Amsterdam, Aug. 22.—Soldiers the Russian garrison at Krasnoye Selo, ‘a summer resort eighteen miles south- east of Petrograd, have mutinied, ac- cording to the Vossiche Zeitung of Ber- lin. NEW ENGLAND HEAVILY HIT IN CASUALTY LIST 22.—The following casualties are reported by the Com- manding General of the American Ex- Washington, Aug. peditionary forces: Killed in action, 21; tion, 37; wounded severely, A c 1d | centered upon opposition from some wounded, (deZree undetermined), 15; | members to callmg youths of 15 to otaer causes 6; died of disease, Z; | (he colors. R el : R The bill was piloted in thé senate New England men in the list: and house by chairmen of the respec- Killed in Actidn. tive military committees, Senator Corporal Carl J. Sund, 28 Rodney|Chamberlain of Oregon and Repre- St., Worcester. Mass. v ek ini i mer declared traditional the policy of j On no sector of the front have the | eemingly has been driven in between péfc‘r‘o“f‘fs ME:’nne]:mIq-’gile\J'F.Bé?er;e\'ae:: subjecting boys as young as 18 to Germans been able to stay their foes, | the armies of General Von Boehn' and | Walden, Vt, Edgar G. Miller, Con- |mMilitary Service and also’ championed who have captured a large number of | e German crown prince. Over the | gress St, Portland, Maine; the “work or fight” amendment of his additional towns and vantage POInts|entire front the Germans have heen 2 e AR £ committee. v n the further prosecution of| pyrrher pushed, back, at some dis- 3 iodiiof Wounds. Representative: Dent, frankly admit- nsive are of the utmost strate- | tances from two to three miles, and | Privates—William Towle, 'A. G.|ting opposition to comvulsory service, Nowhere 1s the enemy be- " ye retrograde movement the en-|Towle, 18 Larchmont St;, Dorchester,|as a policy defended the house com- g permitted to pause for breath. The | ey was forced (o abandon largc |Mass: Boleslaw, Wasilewski, 23 Ju- | mittee's amendment to defer until last of Haiz. Mangin and Humbert | nympers of guns. Noyon now is all {dith St, Providence, R. L. calls for boys of 18 and 19, while Rep- & their advantage with aipu¢ enveloped and the hill and wood- Wounded Seversly resentative Kahn of Cilifornia, rank. at brooks no denlal eftheir | eq. country in/ this ivicinity * almost| Gaotain James T, Potter, Wall |ing republican member of the commit- efforts. cleared of the enemy. The Divette | g ‘North Adams, Mass urged adoption of the bill as Thousands of prisoners, numerous!river has been reached and both ‘the “orporals—Charles P. Jones; 2 For- inally presented without tying the i machine guns and large|Oise and the Ailette rivers have been | %P Boct Hampton, Conn. hands of the war department. He war supplies have been add- | crossed, anq the onward thrust of the ™ p oo, 7 hpT 'Casey. 19 Bed- |52id all men between the proposed ocks already in allied hands | French on the eastern end of the lme'ron;";‘ S arttom. Conn: Antonie Di|ages. would be needed hies for their valorous work |from Soissons nerthward seems likely | £ tide of battle was turned enemy by the commence- General Foch's offensive on e July 18. To the. Brit! 8 A n the past two days of fight- nz b come more than 5,000 prie-) { i e seemingly sho Haig | er: north of the Somme to Al- ance of two miles east-| has been made over the | In this fighting the | on the Ancre, the key- » German defense protecting north of the Somme has to bring about shortly the outflanking | of the.important town of Laon and the forced retirement of the Germans | from tho Vesle river northward across | the Aisne. , the allied that Gen- has the initiative en- in his own hands and that he na few offensives hezun by the from tirely | proposes to press his advantage for | the little more than two months of good fighting weather that remain be- | fore the winter season sets in. Indeed, lit is not improbable that he may elect | to keep after his quarry even when the | Here the British made | cold descends. The Germans nowhere | Germans prisoner. The Ancre|are standing with their usual zest| 1 0f Albert was cross- |and IFoch now has a greatly strength- 1 in their drive, thus|cned army. erious menace to the en- German newspapers now are accept- Eray, where at last re- ing as true although reiuctantly, the Americans were in the bat- | statement hy the American sec v : of war concerning the strength of te resistance has heen offer- | American forces ir France. Some of | r stward advance 'm, however, are endeavoring to| ritish in the sector immediate- | minimize the number actually in bat- f Arras, where the important " tle array. TYLER, MINN, ALMOST DESTROYED BV A TORNADO nn AMERICAN EDITORS TO BE GUESTS OF GREAT BRITAIN New York Aug. 22.—A party of ed- ucators, editors and journalists soon will leave for England and France as the guests of the British government | (by A. P)— t mm -five per- kilied and more than one e injured by the tornado ten o%clock | on invitations extended tarough the| o le town to pieces | ministry of mformation, na ven bodies | The party includes Edwin A. Alder- y identified. man, president University of Virgini t tornado tore through the heart| Charles R. Van Hise, presideng Uunl own, Am!:‘r;xe X" ding, of Wiscendlifi“Edward W. Bok, jon pl Home Jourrdl M S v s onrie A e Jou! ark_Sullivan, Collier's Weekly: Ellery Sedgwick, e was in a restaurant. tlantic Monthly; Albert Shaw, Re- e in the placi view of Review J. Whesler, Cur_ _ collapsed. rent Literature; Richard V. Oulahan, | and the other two were Se-; New York Times: James M. Thomp- a sin, New Orleans Item: Lucius W. the xormdfl destroyed | Nieman, Milwaukee Journal: Alfred ! and a pas-| Holman, San Francisco Argonaut and | ved untrue. The | . W, Kellogs, San Fransisco Call and ecked the rnunri-l Post. mated th million do! ty at prop: ar 1o least. | BOATS TO PLY BETWEEN CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS| Chicago, Aug. 22—FEdwin S. Con-| way, chairman of the National Board of Water Resource Advisors, innounc- ed today that within thirty days there will be a line of DOV\ex boats and\ would be on HOW MOONEY CASE MAY REACH THE SUPREME COURT n view of the court of appeals | nt an appeal in | barges plying between Chicago and St.| Mocney, officials | Louis carrying merchandise from the | couid not reach | Great Lakes to the Mississippi river. | - court unless a writ of | The final step in the compietion of ted by one of the su- | the all water route between the Great preme court justices. A request for | Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico will be | a writ of error would go to Associate | Justice McKenna, who represents the Ninth Judicial District and who now is spending his vacation * in Medfield, Mass. Although an appeal does not automatically prevent the carrying out of judgment. It always is customary for lower courts pending the final determination of a case taken to a higher court temporarily to withhold enforcement nf P Judgmcnt taken within ten days when the old Illinois and Michigan canal will be flooded after being abandoned for sev- erai years. The cost of preparing the old Tlinois and Michigan canal for| navigation was $150000. The federal government appropriated ths. neces- sary funds last May as a war trans- portation measure. TO PLACE CONTRACTS FOR 75 WOODEN FISHING TRAWLEHS“ Philadelphia, Aug. 22.—Contracts for | about seventy-five wooden fishing | trawlers to offset the destruction by German. submarines of the fishing smacks off the Newfoundland banks will be placed immediately by the| Emergency Fleet Corporation, it was announced tonight by Charles Piez, vice president of the corporation. The contracts will be placed with the smaller shipyards ‘that are not TANKS ARE ACCELERATING RETREAT OF THE GERMANS French Headquarters In France, Aug. 22.—General Mangin's army has advanced with great rapidity. Up to noon it had adwanced ten kilometers from yesterday's line in certain places. The Germans haveé been harassed in their retirement. Confusion reigns among their units. The French line is uncertain owing to the swift move- ments in this open warfare. The cav- engaged in government work. Most of is advancing in the open field |the trawlers, Mr. Plez said. would -be con mmally at a galiup, exploring | COnstructed along the New England | woods and farms. Tanks are follow- ing evervwhere, redncing machiné gun npests. Batteries of artillery are com- ing up at a full trot and taking up pew positions. coast, particularly in Maine, where the | sources of lumber are nearest the coast. The aggregate cost is estimat- ed at more than $4,000.000 and it is expected the trawlers, will be ready for commission by early spring. A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE MINERAL CONTROL BILL Washington, Aug. 22—A substitute for the mineral control bill recently passed by the house was presented today to President Wilson for his ap- proval by Senator Henderson of Neva- | da, chairman of the senate mines com. mittee. It prsjoses to authorize the president to form a carporation or corporations with a revolving, fund of $50,000,000 for purchase of metals, without arbitrary price fixing, and for the allocation of metal products to va- rious war industries. JEWISH YOUTHS MAY REGISTER MONDAY, AUG. 26 TWO WESTERLY MEN IN D e 12~h— onounze | members o e ewts! 0doxX | CANADIAN CASUALTY LIST| cjyrcn object to registering for mil- Ottawa, Aug. 22.—Today's casualty|jtary service on their Sabbath,” Pro. list conzamed the names of the follow- | yost Mars'g:l General Crowder an- ing Americans: Wounded A. Ash-| nounced today that youths of the burn, Pawtucket, R. L; I". Kelley, East| jewish faith will not be required to Boston: P. Brophon. men W. J.| register next Saturday with others Trown, Westerly, R. L: J. E. Cvllinan, | who have become twenty-one since Aliston, Mass.; H. Holden, New Ued-| jast June 5. Their registration will be b A. B. Rogers, Westeriy, i accepted by local hoards on Mond: Stewart, North Cambridge, A“g\f,t il R Sl GRATITUDE OF CONGRESS TO MEN IN ARMY AND NAVY ‘Washington, Aug. 22.—Gratitude of SURVIVORS OF SHIPS ARRIVE FROM THE FISHING BANKS A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug. 22. —Seven members of the crew of the schooner Sylvania, of Gloucester, Mass., which was sunk on the fishing banks by the German armed trawler Triumph yesterday, were brought in here today by a revenue cutter which picked them up not far from where their ship went dewn. They reported that before the Sylvania was attacked @ French schooner from St. Malo had been destroyed by the Germans. This ship was believed to he the Dela Garde, the crew of which with the exception of three men, already had landed. E CZECHO-SLOVAK TROOPS ARE FIGHTING IN FRANCE Washington, Aug. 22.—Czecho-Slo- | congress to men in the army and pavy vak troops in France have partici-| for their efforts in the war is ex- pated in a suce ful attack against| pressed in a resolution by Senator German position cording to a headquarters of in the Voges, ac-| Jones of New Mexico, adopted today despatch received at|by the sénate. As a special tribute to the Czechc_Slovak | the men who have died for their coun- national council. No details of the en- (gazement were given. standing for one minute. 5% wmw;« K st | West Chelmsford, M; | ley, | Adam Syuinous Mattio, 6 Federal St, Pottsville, Pa.; 5 the minimum draft age 20 instead of | Bernard McCue, 1009 E. Main St : £8.207 Waferbury, Conn.; Albert: Mork, 60|15 ¥as dntroduced by Senator Kirby| averly S5 Hoxbury, Mass.: oy | Senator Wadsworth of New York of- e o e forl. | fered an amendment _extending _the Sano dkarlTe v 88 2 | draft to the nxvy, while Senator Cum- ) - mins of lowa offcred provisions to Wounded (Degree Undetermined.) Privates—Frank P. Manning, Portland St., Haverhill Mass. Missing in Action. Privates—Otis Hine, 454 N. Elm St., Torrington, Conn.; Joseph O. Sauriol, e for military or other training. 30 Hucker St Worcester, Mass; EAd | °} Tigorous speech in behaif of the Sherlock, 50 Scovill St.” Torrington, | il was made by Senator Reed of Conn.; George E. Suydam, Henry St. | Missouri, who urged an army of Winsted, Conn. Yesterday's List. The following casualties ported by the Commanding of the American Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action 11; missing in ac- are tion 71; wounded se\erely, 81; died of wounds, 6; wounded, (degree unde- termined), total 194. List of N England men: Killed in Action. Privates—Gilbert Amedeo, 23 New Bridge St, W. Springfield, Mass. Wounded Severely. Lieutenants—John . St.. Meriden, Conn. Sergeants—James J. Lee, 72 Chap-| “If I bad my'way, I would make the man St, Williamtntic, Conn, Albert | Maximum age 35 years” interjected |Schuitz, Dudley Ave., Wallingford, g,ie_flalolr Wa«jslwonb orh New Yorl!(‘. Conn.; Frank R. Sullivan, 121 Mather | -1he time will .come when we & wil St., Hartfodr, Conn. need every man we can get. Corporals—George J. Daly, 192 S.| Representative Olney of Massachu- Orehard St. Walingford, Comn. Ale|sSetts told the house that Pfovost Mar- bert . Green, 30 Spencer Ave. Wat- Leonard Gaudain, 181 Meriden, Conn.; Carl Michalek, Cheshire, Conn.; John J.|Yice in the class behiween the ages of nadlock, 76 Norwich Ave., Bridgeport, [ 1 2nd 43. | Conn. Buglers—John Rising, 69 N. . Main| AVIATION LIEUT. THAW t., Windsor Locks. Conn.; Cosimo KILLED IN FRANCE Vendetti, 16 Lawrence St., Waterbury, Conn. Privates—Harry P. Adams, 9 Twiss Bale, John D. Beg- | Meriden, Conn Frank V. 292 Spectacle St., Fairview, Mass.; Rutherford B. Benton, ockville, Conn.; 428 Main St., Concord Junction Mass.; Antonio Camera, 142 Franklin St.| of Benja#Zn Thaw of Pittsburgh, was New Haven, Conn.; R. C, Cudmore, 28 | traveling in a pursuit group near the Balcomb St. Salem, Mass.; - Rodene| front’ towards Paris. - The engine ,?,?,'.?,meéf,',‘,”’h'\%Z[w‘}'“‘f}eDb‘,;‘, s?oiltrnuble developed at an altitude of 3 n.; v F. Dreher, 121000 feet t nd hen it Qsk St Meriden, Gonn.; William L oo pices 10" the maching when i Dunn, 76 1-2 Main St., Meriden, Conn.; Fred R. Duprey, Main St tie, Conn.; Niles C. den St., Hartford, co, 56 Humpheey St., Seymour, Conn.; Thomaston, Conn. Wounded (Degree Undetermined) Privates—John Paladas, 121-2 Vine St., Nashua, N. H. Missing In Action. Corporals—Lambert Anderson, 375 Park St. Hartford, Conn.; George B. Mellor, 725 Lawrence St, Lowell Mass.; Bugler George D. Bowen, Care- Meri- taker Walnut Grove Cemeterey, den, Conn. Privates—Joseph E. Barnicle, Harrison St.. Natick, Mass.; Cozzens, 10 Lake St. Webster, Mass.; William' Crean, 1 Arwick Ave. Wor- | persons were listed by the police as |cester. Mass.; James L. Croninfi 113 missing, after a 24 hour search for Wrenthan St., Boston, Mass.; George | survivors of the accident off Long Is- B. Dahlquist, Dunster Lane, Winchest- | land last night, when a fleet of canoes er, Mass.; John W. Delaney, 78 Down- | towed by a motor boat, was upcset and ing St. Worcester, Mass.; William J.|more than fifty persons tnrown in- Barls, Thysoph Ave., Hartford, Conn,; | to the bay. James J. Fogarty, 2 Elm Place, Hart- The body of Mrs. Thomas Cauley ford, Conn.; Clarence G. Meeker,|of this city was washed ashore to- Sandy Hook, Conn.; John Mosel, 166 | day. Police believe she was one of five Capitol Ave., Bridgeport, Conn.; John ims, according to Vincent Rus- F. Mulligan, 29 Stanley St., Dorchester, Beneagh Puskarszyk, 54 State James E. Ryan, Mass.; St., Danbury, Conn.; 70 Summer St., Worcester, Mass Julins Sawadsky, 156 Seldon St., Ha ford, Conn.; Joseph O. Vega, School St. Re\e're, Mas: ford, Darbun, Mass.; Israel vich, 92 Fairview St, Waterbury, Con Joseph Bouchard, Caribou Me.; George J. Byrne, Avon, Conn.; H. Call, 29 Taylor St., W‘mthrop Mass.; Anthony G. Carlo, 26 Wall St., Water. Francis B. Conlon, 387 Military Worcester, Mass.; H. Copeland 4 Elm St, E. Ealisbury Mass.; San, ‘Rutland, Mass.; erazio, 22 Columbia Ave. Newton Up- | members of the American Red Cross per Falls, Mass.; Asa H. Gordon, 44| Calteen to receive this henor. West St., Clinton. Mas: Joseph P. L e Nugent, 207 Cambridge St. Worces. | BODY OF MRS. MINNIE i ter, Mass.; Nicholas Perugini, 22 Ber- HALL TO BE EXHUMED gin St, Waterbury, Conn.; Secondo| Harrington, Mass., Aug. 22.—The Poggio, Wallingford, Conn. ELEVENTH AIR VICTORY OF LIEUT. DAVID E. PUTNAM | Wi‘h the American Army in France, 2.—(By the A. P.)—Lieut. David B. Putnam of Newton, Mass.. one of the star members of the American fly- ing forces, scored his eleventh official Aug. 2 victory in the air this morning when|mation of the result will be made he attacked a Rumpler biplane. The |known. machine fell inside the ' American e lines. Its pilot and observer were| AMERICAN NAVAL AVIATORS killed. STATES URGED TO PROVIDE FOR VOTING OF SERVICE MEN —A resolution urging such states as have not pro- vided for absent voting or solliers and sailors to enawt laws permitting their try .the senators, in ‘oung remained ; franchise was adopted today by’ the 29 ‘Washington, Aug. senate. 22.—The London m- o1 ; toCaling Youthsof 18 have decided of missing in ac- 23; died of wounds, 24; died from accident and 12 re- General Feegel, -31 Park 37 Grove St., George C. Butcher, ‘Williman- Clarke, 272 Gar- Conn.; Joseph Styf- 2 Ralph ZJ . 157 Dudley Al- Bisno- Walter Isaac Alfred F. Fe!'gu!qn. Supt. State | Frank W. Gen- DhjectioninCongress ‘Washington, Apg. 22.—Taking up the man power bill, changing the army draft age limits to 18 and 45 years, both branches of congress today de- bated the measure with the -leaders planning its passage by the house to- morrow and by the senate Saturday. Spirited speeches urging that the needed man power for the army is counted upon to crush the enemy next yeor were made with crowded galleries while outside a dramatic touck was given in the marching, to martial songs and creers, of khaki-clad in- fantry entraining for embarkation points. Discussion in both senate and house sentative Dent of Alabama. The for- An amendment proposing to make postpone calling youths and older men and also to modify. the “work or fight” plan. Senator France of Maryland sponsored an amendment prohibiting military ervice abroad for youths un- der 21 but providing for their draft 500,000 Americans in Russia at once, @nd predicted this country ultimately must furnish six or seven million and ndergo the severe hardships of a; ong war. General debate closed on the bl in the house tonizsht and probably will conclude tomorrow in the semate Ac- tion on the amendments begins tomor- row in the house. During the debate Senator Smoot of Utah declared he did not believe the necessity exists warranting the taking of a man 44 years of age far military service when he has two sons already in the army. That situation will exist in many western states, he said. shal General Crowder adyised him to- day. that the draft would produce only 126,000 men qualified for military ser- »| With the American Army in France, | Aug. The Associated Press.) —Lieutenant Blair Thaw of Pitts- | burgh, a member of the American av- iation service was killed Sunday ev- ening when his airplane fell as a re-: sult of engine trouble, Lieutenant Thaw, who was a broth- er of Major William Thaw arnd a son fell struck a number of telephone wires and collapsed, upside down. Thaw was instantly killed and his companion aviator was badly injured. Thaw. although less* well known than his brother, had just been pro- moted to command a flying squadron and was on his way to take over the squadron when he fell to his death. His budy was taken to an evacuation hospital, where impressive funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon. The body was buried in the same pfot where the remains of Major Raoul Lufbery are mlerned. FLEET OF CANOES UPSET SIXTEEN PERSONS MISSING New York, Aug. 22—One body had been recovered tonight and sixteen S0, a survivor, slid into the water ex- hausted after climbing to temporary safety or a buoy. SECY. LANSING’'S SISTERS WIN FRENCH RED CROSS Paris, Aug. 22.—The Misses Emma S, and Catherine E. Lansing, of Wa- tertown, N. Y., sisters of the Ameri- can secretary.of state, have peen dec- orated with the French cross and cned in the army orders. The two sisters worked in the Amer- ican Red Cross canteen at Epernay during the recent bombardwment and! assisted at the hospital, displaying marked heroism. They are the first body of Mrs. Minnie O. Stevens Hall, for whose murder at Wells Depot her husband, Henry -H. Hall; is in cus- tody, will be exhumed tonight upon the arrival of Dr. Charles F. Traynor, the medical examiner of York county. The autopsy will be held immediately afterward. - Dr. Traynor will be assisted by Dr. J. A. McDonald of Machias. No infor- BOMB DOCKS AT OSTEND ‘Washington, Aug. 22. — American and the other at Vladivostok, however, angie council, naval aviators have: conducted’ a sue- cessful bmobing expedition. at. night into enemy territory and dropped .a large ‘quantity - of =xplosives’ on . the submarine docks at Ostend. ‘Secre- tary Daniels tonight announced. The report of the.raid wau transmxttefl by’ Admiral Sima. Balsheviki Declare | War onUnited States Washington, Aug. —Despatches from Russia lodav were of a some- what disturbing nat to state de- partment officials. e Consul Ro- bert W. Imbrie at Petcograd, reported in a delayed despatch that members of the Boishevik. government at the former Russian capital had issued 2 pronunciamento declaring that a state of war existed between Russia and the United States. In view of the Bolshevik declara- tion, Mr. Imbrie reported in his des- patch, which.was dated August 2, that he had lowered the United States flag over the consulate. and, foliowing the recent action of Consul General Poole at Moscow, closed the consulate and turned over the affairs of the United States to the Norwegian consul, Am- cricans in Petrograd believed to num- ber about twenty,” were warned to leave, Consul Imbrie’s despatch said, although the consul indicated that he would remain 2 his post until he hzd | received instructions from the stule department. Announcement in a despatch from ncé of the appointment of two ternational counvcils’ one at Archan el counter-baianced the unfavorable rews coatained in the despatch from Iretrograd. . Ambassador .I'rancis, as dean of the diplomati~ corps, will ace as the president officar of the. Arch= the other members of which will be the diplomatic reprezen- | tatives of the allied nations. The per- sonnel of the Vladivostok council is not yet cempiete. Great Britain will be represented by Sir Chartes Eliot s high commissioner at Vladivostol an by Mr. Matsudaira und France v Tugene Reznault Consul Cald- well will be the American member until President Wilson designates a representative. Persecution of the few Ame in Petrograd for the ten day: to the despatch of Consul I cablegram made state deparfment offi- cials apprehensive from the consul hzve been held up by the Bolsheviki. The reference in Consul Imb: despatch to declaration of war cd States by the Bol- shev#ic authorities. however. was zarded thost seriously by officiuls. s suggested that the speech of Minister of War Trotsky at Moscow late in July, in which he declared that a state of war existed between Rus sia and Grea! Britain and France and their allies and which Foreign Mini- ster Tchitcherin modified, in response to an inguiry by Consul General Poole, to a state of defense azainst the allies, was the real basis for the latest development in Petrograd. It was thought that upon receipt of the report of Trotsk speech, the Pet- rograd Bolshevik authorities interprt- ed it as they saw fit and issued their deeclaration of war against the United | States Whether the Americans in Petro- grad will be able to escane was doubt- ful. it was said, despite the recent agreement with the Finnish. govern- ent whereby Americans leaving Rus- ja mizht have safe passage throush inland. Officials, Here ‘pointed o that the Fim fwould: be unable to protect Americang against German of- ficials and soldiers who -are now inj control in Finland. TWO AMERICAN REGIMENTS AT PORT OF VLADIVOSTOK Washington, Aug. 22. The an- nouncement by Secretary Baker to. day of the arrival of the Thirty First Regiment, Regulars, United States Infantry, at Vladivostok brings the| military representation of the U States at that port to two full regi- ments, the arrival of the Twenty Seventh Infantry having ‘been an- nounced several days ago. Secretary Baker said that Major General Will- | iam S. Graves, who is to command the American® contingent had not yet arrived at Vladivostok. Re-establishment of civil govern- ment at Vladivostok and Archangel will be the first task of the Interna- tional councils, it was said by offi-| cials here. who pointed out that such action at Vladivostok would allow the military commands to devote them- selves exclusively to clearing that re- gion between Irkutsk and the Pacific of the Bolsheviki and their allies, lib- erated German and Austrian prison. ers. This accomplished, the work of the Viadivostok commisston would be | to push weetward and eventually co- ordinate with the Archangel. ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF GRAND ARMY OF REPUBLIC Portland, Ore., Aug. 22—C. E. Adams, of Omaha, Neb. today was | elected’ commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic for the| coming year. i The election of made unanimous. J. G. Chambers, Portland, Oregon, was chosen senior vice commander- in-chief. Other officers elected today were: Charles H. Haber, Virginia, junior vice commander-in-chief; C. M. Fer- | rin_ Vermont. surgeon general, and | Philip A. Nordall Boston, Mass. | chaplain-in-chief. - | The delegates to the G. A. R. con- | vention placed themselves on ecord as ' favoring a war for the unconditional | Mr. Adams was | surrender of the foe and an ever | more vigorous prosecution of the war. CONDITION 'OF GARDINAL FARLEY VERY CRITICAL? Mamaroneck, N. Y., Aug. 22 —The condition of Cardinal John J. Farley, archbishop of New York, who is suf- fering from a second attacks of pneu- monia at his summer home here, was said tonight by his physicians to be “very critical “The cardinal is suffering from hy- postatic pneumonia.’ said the bulletin, which gave his temperature as 103. | “His condition is very crilical The cardinal, who is 16 vears old, has suffered the last few years from heart disease and diabetes. Recently he ‘was advised by his physicians to give up all work not absolutely es- sential. HINDENBURG MAKES LIGHT | OF SETBACK TO GERMAN ARMS: Amsterdam, Aug. 22.—Field Marshal: Von Hindenburg, addressing ihe Third | Regunent of Guards, is quoted by the ges Zeitung of Berlin as saying: : “Let us look into the future. Our po- sition is favorable although we may frankly admit it, we lately have hap- pened to have been set back. But this is a fortume of war with which we must reckon. We must not permit our- selves to be influenced thereby. “Success is with us. The enemy be- | gins to show signs of weariness and so long as we do mot relax our ef- rated by i this country to Holland on the Dutch | Condensed Teiegrams Exportation of coal has been prohibited. The maximum price of bar silver was fixed at 49 1-2 pence il? Eng- land. Nicaragua and Honduras are re- ported at odds again over the border boundary. British casualties for the week end- ! ed, Aug. 21 totaled 8411 officers and | men. Paul Alexandrovitch, former Rus- | sian grand duke, has been arrested by the Bolsheviki. Liberty bonds of the first issue were | sold in New York at a record high mark of 102.50. Frenoh officers have ordered their troops to play baseball as a part of | their physical training. An American patrol one officer and 17 men German patrol of 40 men. An increase of 15 pesos a ton in the | export tax on oil is announced by ine Mexican government. Regular steamship service - between in Argentina consisting of ambushed a | Japan and New Orleans will be in-| augurated in October. The importation of typewriters into! Japan last year totaled $1 pared with 370,663 for 1916. Judge H. B. Dyer was nominated by | the Kepubiicans in Missourai to op- | pose Champ Clark for Congress. Jonkheer Colyn, former minister of | war, has been asked by the Dutch Queen to form a new cabinet. The House adopted a resolution re- | lieving the American Red C from | import duties on contributio: Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant scc retary of the Navy. The'condition of Cardinal Farley, a his summer home at Mamaroneck, lew. The War Labor Board has recom- | mended to Congress the employment | of prison labor to aid carrying on war | work. | Edward C. Pickering, director of the | Harvard College observatory, has been re-elected president of the Amer | ican Astronomical Society in session at Cambridge, Ma: Word was received in Boston yes- terday that Patsy Sequin, - star| hockey player, had been Kkilled in ac- tion with the Canadian Kilties. Se- quin was prominent in Canadian hockey circles before he came to Bos- ton to lead tht American hockey team in_1915-16. The Housing Corporation asked quarters for 10000 workers in ship- yards and munition plants at Phila- deiphia and Camden. 1 Ensign P. J. Barnes, of the United | vy, holds the record by pa- hours in a dirigible off the English coast. A consignment of $158,000 in gold reached Washington from Buenos Aires. It is Argentina’s contribution to the Red Cross drive. Members of the Woman's party re- ceived permits from the army en- gineers' office to speak at Lafayette Square opposite the White House. A new industrial list is being work- ed out by the War Industries Board for reference in distribution of materi- als, labor and other resources. The State Department was advised through the Swedish Foreign Office that Americans will be allowed to pass unmolested through Finland from Russia. 5 The Dutch steamer Gasconia, oper- the Belgian Relief Commis- sion. en route to Rotterdam from New York, struck a mine in the North Sea and sunk, A party of ten dangerous enemy aliens left New York for the Fort Ogelthorpe internment camp. The party will be Increased to 21 as it goes south. New York saloons, clubs, soda foun- tains, florists, ice cream manufacturers and other users of ice rfay have their supply cut in order to supply needs of households. At the urgent request of the Nether- lands Government, a cargo of 10,000 tons of cereals will be carried from steamer Nieuw Amsterdam. Lord Reading, British Ambassador to the United States denied the report that he had returned to Britain to draft the terms of an offensive and defensive alliance between the two countries. Sidney E. Blandford of Boston, was nominated president at the convention of the Retail Credit Men’s National| Association in Boston yesterda St. Paul, Minn., was chosen the conven- | tion city for 1919, 1 GERMAN SOLDIERS IGNORANT WHY AMERICA ENTERED WAR New York, Aug. 22—Soldiers of the German army are still ignorant of the | causes which led America to enter the war, according to J. J. McGraw, re- publican national committeeman from a two months' tour of the fighting | front in France. Mr. McGraw declared that when he told one German officer, who was a prisoner, of the outrages which drew America into the war, the officer said | he had not heard of them and added: “We are being tricked.” Describing a visit to a prison camp, Mr. McGraw said the German prison- | ers ranged in age from 17 to 49, and had a “dog tired, hopeless expression.” | “The men 1 saw have been licked, | properly and well,” Mr. McGraw add- ed. Mr. McGraw brousht back messages to Colonel Roosevelt from his wounded sons, Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and tain Archie Roosevelt, Whoml he saw in Paris hospitals. HONORS PAID FOREIGN MINISTER OF URUGUAV ‘Washington, Aug. honors were paid , foreign minister of Urugury, on| on to the United States,| 1 3 1 in Washington today as | guest of the nation. Secretary Lansing with a battalion of cavalry, and a bat- | talion of infantry, and a battalion of | engineers met the visitor at the sta-| tion and on the way to the home pre- i pared for his reception the soldiers stood at attention on Pennsylvania avenue before the White House as the ! minister and his party drove by. HEARING MONDAY ON NEW TRIAL FOR I. W. W. LEADERS Chicago, Aug. —Federal Judge; Landis announced today that he would | hear arguments next Monday morning | on the motion for a new urial for the! 1100 I. W. W. leaders recently found | guilty of conspiracy to interfere with thé government’s conduct of the war. Counsel for the I. W. W. nave signi- fied their igtention of appealing the case. QUESTIONNAIRES MUST BE SENT TO REGISTRANTS forts but remain firm of purposc we shall attam our goal, which iz a hon- orable, strong-German peace.” Hartford, Conn. \[d!Ol {John Buckley 1 boards that questionnaires mxm he sent out to regis nts who will reg- ister on Saturday. on the followinng| Monday. The registirants are men who have come twenty-one years old since June B. | portant | anc y, says the U-boat| % situation is becoming better daily. Js The Cardinal is in his Wv.n] v | Poles, Industries are toBe Further Curtailed Washington, Aug. 2.—The fact that there is now. a shortage in war work of 1,000 000 unskilled laborers and that | the ‘reserve of skilled workers is ex- hausted developed here today . at a conference of field agents of the Fed- eral Employment Service. . Further curtailment of non-essential produc- tion is planned to release men .for war work. The labor shortage is so serious at completion of a number of im- war projects for the army navy is being delayed, it was stat- ed at the conference. The field agents decided that the only way in which the needed ‘laborers coul be secured was to take them from non-essential industry. MILLIONS WASTED IN THE AIRPLANE PROGRAM Washington, Aug. upon failures disappo; and delays In the American aircraft pro- amme are coupled with praise for what now has been accomplisied and a statement that quantity production soon mayv be expected, in a long re- pert submitted today by the senate litary sub-committee on its air. aft investigation. While commenting | favorably upon reorganization already ffected, the committee strongly urg- on n control through the ere- n 1 new department of avia- ion headed by a cabinet member. Waste of millions of dollars, faulty executive organization, improper lo- on 6f training fields., employment of inexperienced inspectors. and fa- voritism to contractors are among the faults charzed to the old orgunization by the committee. the For tuation single fighti that resulted in Americar. Amer- g airplane or heavy ade nbing plane at the front, and the presence there of only 67 De Havi- land reconnaissance machines by July the committee assigns three prime causes—dominance of automobile manufacturers with no aeronautical experience in aircraft production, their adoption of the “impossible task” of applying the Liberty motor in all c'asses of machines znd fail ure to adopt successful foreign planes and motors In the train of disappointments en- sui the committee says the original £640,000 000 aviation appropriation had been - “practicall wasted” and - ‘the Bristol fizhter and other types had been abandoned after long and cost- ly experiments and loss of life. The De Haviland ‘machine is faulty, it adds, and now in process of chang- es. The Liberty 12-cylinder motor. the committee declares, is “excellent” ap- proved by and ordered by the allies, and, although not vet perfect or de- veloped in the short time reported, is in quaxutity production. Infizence of automobile manufae- turers, inexperienced in aircraft flelds was deplored: by the committee, ‘which jd *“one-man” control of aviation would have avoided mayy of the mis- takes recounted. X AMERICANS IMPROVE THEIR VESLE POSITIONS. th the American Army In France, Aug. 22.—(By the Associated Press)— The Americans made a local: attack west of Fismes, on the Vesle River between Soissons and Rheims, , Wed- nesday night. The attacks rendered the Vesle holdings more secure and also resulted in the cleaning out of a position from which German snipers had been causing the Americans con- siderable annoyance. The. attack was preceded by barrage. * The Germans made a counter-at- tack at daylight this morning -in-an endeavor to offset the American suc- cess. The Americans, however, killed a number of the Germans, made four- teen prisoner and forced the remaimd- er to flee in disorder. In the attacks by the Americans a substantial stone building formerly {used as a tannery was occupied most of the Germans having fled or been killed when the American barrage be- gan. The tannery commands the Vesle | bridges and other important points. The Germans. started their attacks with a barrage; then the infantry en- deavored to wrest he tannery from the Americans. Close fighting ensued, the Americans taking three prisoners at one place and eleven at another. The Germans during the day used minenwerfers and machine guns at in- tervals, but made no concentrated at- tacks and the Americans are holding the tannery and other positions which help make their Vesle positions more secure. DEMANDS THE POLES MADE ON GERMANY. Amsterdam, Aug. 22.—A despatch to the Frankfort Gazette from Vienna says the munimum demand of the submitted during the recent conference at German main head- quarters, called for the maintenance of the present frontier: the incorpora- tion of certain Lithuanian territory as compensation for the cession of three Lithuanian districts in the government of Suwalki; access to the Baltic; the neutralization of the lower course of the Vistula river and the railway along it; recognition of Danzig as a free port; the abolition of the present di- vided Austro-German administration of Poland: the transfer of the financial tration and government to the il government of Poland: the in- | crease of the Polish army to 20,000 m(‘ the immediate calling up of one class of recruits and, finally.. .the® transfer of the regency to Archduke Karl Stephen, a cousin of the 'late Emperor Francis Joseph. VESSELS REPORT LARGE QUANTITIES OF WRECKAGE A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug. 22 —Vessels arriving at various Cana- dian ports today reported passing \hmx'h rge quantities of wreckage, prin dories, oars and the like. No further word has been - received up to a late hour tonight, however, iof the operation of German subma- rines or the trawler Triumph, which hag, been captured and armed by a U- boat crew. Warnings of presence of the raid which sank a number. ot fishing schooners Tuesday, have been widely circulated among the fishing fleet. OFFICER OF MEDICAL CORPS FOUND DEAD IN HIS OFFICE. New York, Aug. 22.—Captain Arthur , D. Dryfoos of the ari medical corps was found. dead -in his office here to- da Police and the phy an whe summoned - to- examine the body uld not agree on'the cause of death. Captain Dryfoos until three weeks ago was attached to the ff of the Amer- ican® Lake hospital at Camp Lewis, Wash. IHe came home on leawe be- cause of poor health. He was a grad- ‘uate of Columbia university.,